-Part One: A-
It had been a beautiful morning. Usually April was always like this here in Boca Raton, Fl. Beautiful blue clear skies, the sun out warm and shinning, the perfect temperature of 70-85 degrees Fahrenheit, and the slight breeze every now and then to balance the heat. It was one of the main reasons why he loved this place so much. The weather was almost always just right.
At exactly 10:10 in the morning, Arjun Punj lazily rolled out of bed after hitting the snooze button for the 4th time. He slowly walked into the bathroom. Rubbing his eyes, and grabbing his toothbrush and the tube of crest toothpaste. Putting the toothbrush under the cool water to rinse. He looked into the mirror for the first time, noting the tired and deep purple outline around his eyes and the hangover facial expression he held just moments before he yawned. You see Arjun was never a big drinker, nor had he ever been. In fact, he hated it almost. But it was Friday night and it been ages since he was out at a rave like this. He felt as if he earned, no deserved, a good night; after all, it is his last year in college. God knows he had needed a good break to relax and cut loose like this for a while now. And to top it off, he was out there to celebrate his best friend, Prem's birthday.
Now Arjun and Prem were at a rave called 'Pokerface' and the place was packed. Arjun could only recognized a few people and among the few he recognized, most were Prem's colleagues.
Taken aback with a confused expression on his face Prem said "Arjun? Can I talk to you for a second? Excuse us fellas, we'll be right back" and walked to the corner.
Arjun walked over cautiously, he figured Prem would be surprised if he took a drink. Smiling innocently as if he had no clue, he asked "What's up?"
"I don't know, what's up with you? Tum theek toh ho na?"
Prem eyed him again, sat his drink down on the table next to him, and reached out his hand to check Arjun's forehead and face.
Arjun laughed softly "Prem, I'm okay really. It's just one drink. We're out here celebrating your birthday, so relax and grab a drink."
"Okay, chalo chodo ke tumko drink kar na pasand nahi hai, yeh bhi samaj leta ho ke meri party hai. Per tumhari bhabi ko tum jaante ho. Party mein jaana uska plan, but usko paata chala ke maine drink kiya toh mar jawonga."
Two years ago, Prem went to India with his family. There they ran into old family friends'The Manns'--and that's when Prem meet Heer. Little did he know she was going to be his life one day. Pretty soon they fell in love and got married. Arjun was really happy for them; and since he thought of Prem as a brother, Heer didn't mind him referring to her as bhabhi. In fact, she loved it when he called her that, he was so cute and brotherly to her.
"Look who is talking like a crazy now! Bhabhi won't get mad over one drink. C'mon please?" giving Prem a sad puppy-dog face.
Prem couldn't help but chuckle now, looking at Arjun's face " Arjun, pagal toh ho gaye ho. Chalo I'll drink, but only one! And you have to answer my question first. Aren't friends suppose to keep friends from drinking instead of pressuring them to?"
Arjun winked "You're right! Friends don't pressure friends! Well, it's a good thing were brothers huh?"
Both Prem and Arjun laughed. They turned to walk back to the their group of friends. Prem playfully hit the back of Arjun's head lightly, both continued their laughter.
He continued for another minute or two, till his head starts hurting more. Ahhhh! His hands flew to his head. There is no use in arguing with myself, I'm just going to have to go out and get it. He walked back to his room to grab his keys and wallet. Before heading out he looked in the mirror once more, to make sure he looked decent.
You have new text message! High-five! You have new text message! High-five!
Arjun turned his head over to see his phone lit up on his night stand. As he walked to his night stand, he had a feeling he knew who might be texting him.
Have I told you you rock? I love you man! Where did you come up with the idea? Genius, bro! You're the best! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Yupp, he'd guess right. It was from Prem. Arjun and Heer had arranged for Prem's birthday for weeks. True, they went out to celebrate Prem's birthday yesterday; but actually it was not till today. Prem wanted to spend time his birthday only with his wife, no one else. He was the romantic type of guy. In fact, he married her on his birthday. He wanted to remember that his birth, the reason why he is here on earth, is for her and only her. So to make sure he got the birthday he wanted. He arranged for them to head to a spa for relaxing and rented a luxurious room in a fancy hotel for him to spend quality time with his wife. Arjun was happy he liked it.
After texting him back he noticed he had a voicemail too.
Hello Mr. Punj. This is Professor Riley. Don't worry, you're not in trouble. You could never be in trouble, such a good boy. Anways, I was calling to ask if you can meet up with me at Applebee's next to our facility for lunch around 12? If that's okay with you. If you can call me back at is number letting me know if you can meet up or not. I know it's early and it's a weekend but I assure you it could be worth your time. So call me back and I can give you all the details. Take care.
Professor? What could he want? Hmmm... 12 o'clock huh? He checked the time. 11:30am, if I call him and leave now I can make it with couple of minutes to spare. Arjun dialed his number; when the professor didn't pick up he left a message saying he'd be there.
